The Indian Fighter

The Indian Fighter
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Andre DeToth
Produced by	William Schorr
Written by	Frank Davis Ben Hecht Robert L. Richards
Starring	Kirk Douglas Elsa Martinelli Walter Matthau Diana Douglas
Music by	Franz Waxman
Edited by	Richard Cahoon
Production company	Bryna Productions
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	December 21, 1955 (1955-12-21) (New York)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$2,450,000 (US)^[1]

The Indian Fighter is a 1955 American CinemaScope and Technicolor Western film directed by Andre DeToth and based upon an original story by Robert L. Richards. The film was the first of star Kirk Douglas's Bryna Productions that was released through United Artists. The film co-stars Elsa Martinelli, Walter Matthau, Lon Chaney, Jr. and Kirk Douglas's wife of the time Diana Douglas.

Plot

Johnny Hawks is a man who made his name fighting Indians. Returning to the West after the Civil War he must now keep wronged Sioux warriors from massacring the Oregon-bound wagon train he is leading and the nearby fort. Tensions between the two races are building with Indians trading gold to the whites for whiskey.

Cast

Kirk Douglas as Johnny Hawks
Elsa Martinelli as Onahti
Walter Matthau as Wes Todd
Diana Douglas as Susan Rogers
Walter Abel as Captain Trask
Lon Chaney, Jr. as Chivington (billed as Lon Chaney)
Eduard Franz as Red Cloud
Alan Hale, Jr. as Will Crabtree (billed as Alan Hale)
Elisha Cook, Jr. as Briggs (as Elisha Cook)
Ray Teal as Morgan
Frank Cady as Trader Joe
Michael Winkelman as Tommy Rogers
William Phipps as Lt. Blake
Harry Landers as Grey Wolf
Hank Worden as Crazy Bear - Guardhouse jailer
Lane Chandler as Head Settler
Robert 'Buzz' Henry as Lt. Shaeffer

Comic book adaption

Dell Four Color #687 (March 1956)^[2]^[3]

References

↑ 'The Top Box-Office Hits of 1956', Variety Weekly, January 2, 1957
↑ "Dell Four Color #687". Grand Comics Database.
↑ Dell Four Color #687 at the Comic Book DB

External links

The Indian Fighter on IMDb

Films directed by Andre DeToth

Passport to Suez (1943)
None Shall Escape (1944)
Dark Waters (1944)
Ramrod (1947)
The Other Love (1947)
Pitfall (1948)
Slattery's Hurricane (1949)
Man in the Saddle (1951)
Carson City (1952)
Springfield Rifle (1952)
Last of the Comanches (1953)
House of Wax (1953)
The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953)
Thunder Over the Plains (1953)
Crime Wave (1954)
Tanganyika (1954)
The Bounty Hunter (1954)
Riding Shotgun (1955)
The Indian Fighter (1955)
Hidden Fear (1957)
Monkey on My Back (1957)
The Two-Headed Spy (1958)
Day of the Outlaw (1959)
Man on a String (1960)
Morgan, the Pirate (1960)
The Mongols (1961)
Gold for the Caesars (1963)
Play Dirty (1968)

Selected Ben Hecht works
Films directed	Actor's and Sin (also produced) Specter of the Rose (also produced) Angels Over Broadway (also produced) The Scoundrel Crime Without Passion
Screenplays written	Kiss of Death Circus World Billy Rose's Jumbo Queen of Outer Space Legend of the Lost The Sun Also Rises A Farewell to Arms Miracle in the Rain The Iron Petticoat The Indian Fighter Living It Up Ulysses Monkey Business Actor's and Sin Where the Sidewalk Ends Perfect Strangers Whirlpool The Miracle of the Bells Ride the Pink Horse Kiss of Death Notorious A Flag is Born Specter of the Rose Spellbound The Black Swan Lydia Comrade X Angels Over Broadway His Girl Friday It's a Wonderful World Wuthering Heights Gunga Din The Goldwyn Follies Nothing Sacred The Scoundrel Barbary Coast The Florentine Dagger Crime Without Passion Viva Villa! Design for Living Turn Back the Clock Topaze Hallelujah, I'm a Bum Scarface The Unholy Garden Roadhouse Nights The Unholy Night The Great Gabbo Underworld
Plays written	The Front Page Twentieth Century Ladies and Gentlemen

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